Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
Coastal Wetland Managed by State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
<https://hawaiibirdingtrails.hawaii.gov/birding_hotspot/kanaha-pond-state-wildlife-sanctuary/>
The Kanahā Ponds were designated a State Wildlife Sanctuary in 1951 and provides a safe
habitat for many native and vagrant waterbirds. Located near the Kahului Airport and the
main towns of Kahului and Wailuku, Maui. [Central Maui]
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN FOR WAIHE`E, MAUI
March 2017 <https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/files/2018/04/2007_WaiheeCWPP_HWMO.pdf>
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN FOR SOUTH MAUI
2016 <https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/files/2018/04/2016_SouthMauiCWPP_HWMO.pdf>
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN UPCOUNTRY MAUI 2016
2016 <https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/files/2018/04/UMCWPPPlanwithappendices161230.compressed.pdf>
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN CENTRAL MAUI
Unavailable – September 1, 2021
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BEFORE THE FIRE: PROTECTING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES FROM WILDFIRE
By Ryan Richards, Center for American Progress, July 25, 2019
<https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2019/07/25/472639/before-the-fire/>
New policies to support wildfire preparedness should be commensurate with the scale of
the threat and cannot leave behind the United States' most vulnerable communities. As the
climate changes, the United States needs to prepare for future fires by investing in sound,
science-based management of lands near these communities.

Policymakers must also ensure that resources are available to all communities—regardless
of socio-economic status—so that they can plan and make investments in properties to
reduce the threat of wildfires.
While living near wildlands does not necessarily put someone at risk of being threatened by
wildfire, new research shows that it is a real threat for tens of millions of people.
Approximately 30 million people live in census tracts across the country where wildfires
are likely to occur, placing their homes and lives at risk. Of this subset of the population,
roughly 12 million are especially vulnerable to the effects of wildfires; they lack the
resources to invest in preparedness and the economic security to recover if they are affected
by a fire.
STATE-LEVEL ACTIONS
Require all counties and cities to incorporate wildfire risk management into their
development plans. Communities need to better incorporate wildfire into their
development planning. And because wildfires do not heed jurisdictional boundaries,
communities need to connect with neighboring municipalities, counties, regional agencies,
as well as federal agencies in order to establish cooperation strategies during the planning
stage. Furthermore, states need to ensure that adequate planning and management resources
are available for all communities, not just those with high incomes or large tax bases.
[Emphasis in Original]
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COUNTY OF MAUI
AMALA PLACE CLEAN-UP TO BEGIN THIS MONTH
September 1, 2021 <https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=11143>
Today the County of Maui and the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural
Resources announced plans for a comprehensive clean-up of public lands surrounding the
Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and Wailuku-Kahului Wastewater Treatment Plant. The
joint effort comes in response to concerns about public health and safety on Amala Place
and long-planned improvements to the sanctuary.
No trespassing signs are being installed both mauka and makai of Amala Place. Maui
County has been working with social workers and service providers to assist 53 individuals
living in the homeless encampment in the area. The County is in the process of making
emergency shelter resources available for each individual or household, as well as services
to suit their situation.
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